LGBT Equality in the US: Despite Obergefell Victory, the Fight ContinuesUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationOne year ago today, on June 26, 2015, the US Supreme Court decided Obergefell v. Hodges, in which the Court held ...
Linguistic Cracks In The Femicide Campaigns: Why Femicide Must Be RepatriatedCriminal Justice and Fair Trial, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe recently published 2015 Global Burden of Armed Violence (GBAV) report by the Small Arms Survey has continued ...
The Referendum on the European Union: Remaining HumanEuropean Union, United Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human RightsThe referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU is a decision that will be taken in a troubling context. Although ...
Brexit, Sovereignty and RealityEuropean Union, United Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human Rights, Immigration and AsylumThe referendum campaign has been marked by claims and counter-claims, with each side contesting the ‘facts’ ...
Sustainable Conservation: The Rights-Based Way to Save Africa’s RainforestsAfrican Union, EnvironmentA new report by the Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) shows that people living in Africa’s Congo Basin face ...
Steinfeld v Secretary of State for Education: Court of Appeal has Granted Leave to AppealUnited Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Sexual OrientationIt has recently been announced that the challenge to the prohibition on opposite sex couples entering into civil ...
Solidarity Not Separation: The Case for Continued Interaction Between UK and EU employment rights – an attempt to sum upEuropean Union, United Kingdom, Brexit, Labour RightsI have consciously and deliberately picked up on and generalized the title of Professor Fredman’s initial ...
The Maltese Equality Act: Friend or Foe of Freedom of Religion?Malta, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionWith the recent rise of anti-discrimination legislation, the need for legislators to strike a fair balance between ...
The Silicosis Ruling and Its Far Reaching Implication on Access to justice and the Mining SectorSouth Africa, Business and Human Rights, Right to Health, Socio-Economic RightsIn a landmark ruling handed down on 13 May 2016, the full bench of the South Gauteng High Court in South Africa ...
Of Railways and Labour Rights: The Untold Story of Pakistan’s PortersPakistan, Labour RightsIn the subcontinent, railway stations are identified by their iconic red-uniformed porters – commonly referred to ...
Brexit: What would be the timetable for leaving?European Union, United Kingdom, Brexit, Constitutions and Human RightsThis blog considers when the UK would cease to be a member of the EU, if the result of the referendum on 23 June ...
Forgotten Victims: Children of Parents Sentenced to Death or ExecutedUnited Nations, Children's Rights, Death PenaltyAccording to recent figures from Amnesty International, at least 1,634 executions took place worldwide last ...